I keep thinking over and over again that Nolan is much different than any other director. Many filmmakers say that they struggled so hard to make it in the industry, or they almost gave it up because of how hard it was. But every time i think about Nolan, I feel as though his descent into, not necessarily Hollywood, but the film industry, was actually very smooth, little bumps, and he reached the top pretty easily. He doesn’t ever speak badly of his early career (i think the only remote bad thing he said about it, was that it was terrifying taking his films to festivals and hoping they would go well). Anyone have their own ideas as to how he accomplished this so smoothly?
I feel that it was for several reasons including his study of English literature. Something your everyday director doesn’t have a college degree in. Also the fact that he always worked with many of the same people. And maybe the fact that he just started directing and writing everything himself, and never really got small jobs on films to work himself up to the top.
